Lupa’s “Factory 2” is a marathon theatre event clocking in at seven-and-a-half hours, with two intermissions and a dinner break. The Dublin Theatre Festival seems to have a penchant for epic theatre. In 2008, it presented Elevator Repair Service’s six-hour long “Gatz,” an enactment of “The Great Gatsby” in its entirety. (For those stateside, “Gatz” is opening at the Public Theater in New York this fall.)

Other noteworthy (non-Polish) productions are Peter Pan Theatre Company’s “The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane,” in which three actors audition in front of the audience for the role of Hamlet; “The Relish of Language,” Gate Theatre’s four production exploration of the connections between Beckett, Pinter and Mamet; Abbey Theatre’s “John Gabriel Borkman” starring Alan Rickman and Fiona Shaw; Lucy Prebble's “Enron;” and a new adaptation of Racine’s “Phaedra” from the Rough Magic Theatre Company.

The festival also features special events, including readings, panel discussions and a theatrical networking exchange.

The Dublin Theatre Festival opened last week and will run through October 17.